🎃 In season for October 🎃

[Agoodenough]

Happy October. I love October and here are all the lovely things in season for this month.

( I have made pickled quince for the first time this year ready to have for Christmas 🙂)

The photo is a photo I took of Lola in the woods last October...

Fruit In Season In October

Cox Apples

Crab Apples

Damsons

Elderberries

Pears

Quince

Vegetables In Season In October

Artichoke

Beetroot

Broccoli

Brussels Sprouts

Butternut squash (try roasting your butternut squash seeds to make a tasty snack too!)

Cabbage – White, Savoy, Spring Green & Red

Carrots

Cauliflower

Celeriac

Celery

Chicory

Fennel

Garlic

Horseradish

Kale

Kohlrabi

Leeks

Lettuce

Marrows

Parsnips

Potatoes

Pumpkin

Rocket

Runner Beans

Salsify

Shallots

Spinach

Squash

Swede

Sweetcorn

Turnip

Watercress

Wild Mushrooms

Herbs In Season In October

Chestnuts

Chives

Cobnuts

Curly Parsley

Rosemary

Sage

Sorrel

Thyme

[Kai--]

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Pickled ‘Miss Lola Quince’ 🐕 ?! . . . 😳

Is that legal? 😯 🤦‍♀️

😂 🤣 🙃

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She’s adorable & looks (tasty 😋 ) & ready to play, Agoodenough/ Ali. 😁 ☺️

"Hurry up & follow me, mummy," looks like what she’s saying. 🐶🗯🗯 . . . woof woof

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If you’ve an easy pickling recipe (& tips) on hand, Ali, that might easily be noted 📝 (or linked to), would you mind sharing? 🤔

Always up for experimenting 👨‍🔬 🧪⚗️ ( healthunlocked.com/healthye... )!

Thank you kindly for sharing photo of lovely, Lola 🐩 & for the list of fruit 🍎 🍐 , veg 🥦 🥕 🥬 🥔 🎃 🌽 🍄 , & herbs 🌰 in season 🍁 🍂 . . . . ☺️ 🙏 🍀 🌺 🌞

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[Agoodenough in reply to Kai--]

You’re welcome Kai. I’m glad you like the photo of the lovely Lola. Here is a link to the quince recipe I used. I tasted some that a lady had made and was thinking I wouldn’t like it but I loved it so she gave me some quinces and now I have a couple of jars which I will keep until Christmas 🎄

It’s so easy to make....

theguardian.com/lifeandstyl...

Good luck my friend

Ali 🙂🌱

[Kai-- in reply to Agoodenough]

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Funny how that works. ☺️ . . . Love it when we’re pretty certain we won’t like something 😝 , then we try it 🥄 & are pleasantly surprised how good it tastes! 😯 😋

Thank you kindly for quince recipe link 🔗, Agoodenough/ Ali. 🙏😌 . . . Another fun recipe to experiment with in our ‘home laboratory’ 🏠 — aka "kitchen" 👩‍🍳 🥣 .

[At times I think our kitchens are indeed ‘laboratories’ ⚗️ with edible experiments 🧫 to taste-test 👅 . . . . If our beloved taste-testers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 are still alive & kicking (after being guinea pigs 🐹 🐹 ) , guess our experiments are successful — especially if they request seconds. 🍲 🍲 . . . 🤗 ]

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[Kai-- in reply to Kai--]

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[Hope you don’t mind my copying & pasting recipe📝 here (for convenience). [Am lazy 😴 & don’t want to go back to ‘Guardian’ website to access. 🤦‍♂️ . . . Easier to find 🔎 here.]

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"PICKLED QUINCES [from theguardian.com/lifeandstyl... ]

Enough for 2 medium-sized storage jars.

. . . • 750ml cider vinegar

. . . • 400g golden granulated sugar

. . . • 3 medium-sized quinces or 4 smaller ones

. . . • 12 juniper berries

. . . • 8 black peppercorns

. . . • a bay leaf

Pour the vinegar into a stainless-steel pan. Add the golden sugar, juniper berries, black peppercorns and bay leaf and bring to the boil. Turn the heat down to a merry simmer.

Peel, halve and core the quinces, cutting them into six lengthways. Lower the quince into the simmering vinegar and leave the fruit to cook for 15-25 minutes, until it is soft enough to pierce effortlessly with a skewer.

Lift the soft fruits out with a draining spoon and lower them into clean storage jars. Pour over the liquor, then seal and leave to cool. They will keep for several weeks."

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Just learning about Juniper Berries ( en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun... , google.com/search?as_q=juni... , amazon.co.uk/s?k=juniper+be... ) (never cooked with them before 😯 ) & learning more about Quinces ( en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quince , google.com/search?as_q=quin... ).

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Thank you again, Ali. 🙏😌 Your recipes broaden our horizons ⬅️🌅➡️ & encourage us to try new things! Much, much appreciated. ☺️ 🙏 🍀 🌺 🌞

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. . . So many types of foods; so many ways to prepare!! 😃

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[Agoodenough in reply to Kai--]

That’s very kind Kai thank you.

Here is another one for you. I haven’t made this yet but the same lady gave me a jar of this which she made and it’s surprisingly delicious....

greatbritishchefs.com/recip...

PINEAPPLE CHUTNEY

1 pineapple, large, cut into 1cm chunks

2 apples, cubed

1 knob of ginger, 1 inch in length, finely chopped

120ml of cider vinegar

50g of soft brown sugar

2 dried red chillies

1/2 tsp black onion seeds

1/2 tsp ground fenugreek

1 star anise

8 cloves

1 tsp black mustard seeds

1 tsp turmeric

1 tsp salt, to taste

Ali

[Kai-- in reply to Agoodenough]

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Drool, drool 🤤💦 . . . love pineapple 🍍, love chutney!!

(With the 2 combined — died ‘n gone to heaven 👼 ☁️ .)

Thank you kindly for the recipe, Agoodenough/ Ali. 🙏 😌

More spices to learn about [fenugreek ( google.com/search?as_q=fenu... ), star anise ( google.com/search?as_q=star... )] & experiment with! 😃 . . . Thank you. 😌 🙏

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You must introduce 🤝 us to your jar-sharing 🏺 friend! She sounds a pickling-&-chutney-making whiz👩‍🍳 .

[It’s always so impressive (to me), the folks 👨‍🍳 👩‍🍳 who know just what simple ingredients to mix together 🥣 (& just how to do it) to create such delicious 😋 concoctions 🍲 . It’s truly "the magic ✨ of (edible) chemistry 🧪 "!! Lot’s to learn. 🎓 ]

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Lovely photo Ali.

I love the list and thank you for taking the time to let us all know what's in season. Also, thank you for your tip on the butternut squash seeds, I'll do that next time.😀